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Title:

Recruiting for the Transportation Workforce of Tomorrow: Middle School and High School Enrichment Programs That Work

Accession Number:

01128856

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

Workforce development encompasses recruiting, retraining and retention activities. This paper describes particular activities which are designed to recruit the transportation workforce of tomorrow by introducing career options to middle school and high school students. Through after school enrichment activities and summer camps, transportation careers are introduced using experiential learning techniques. A variety of hands-on activities and events are described that bring together middle school and high school students, practitioners, engineers, business leaders, department of transportation engineers university faculty, and college students with the goal of highlighting all the career options within transportation.

Monograph Accession #:

01120148

Report/Paper Numbers:

09-3211

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Rosen, Deborah

Pagination:

5p

Publication Date:

2009

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2009-1-11 to 2009-1-15
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

DVD

Features:

References (6)

Candidate Terms:

Middle school students

Uncontrolled Terms:

After school programs; Summer camps

Subject Areas:

Administration and Management; Education and Training; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-3211

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Jan 30 2009 7:37PM